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To: Road Walker who wrote (182792)	11/30/2005 3:11:06 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

According to the plea agreement, Samsung's conspiracy affected its customer including Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., International Business Machines Corp., Apple Computer Inc. and Gateway Inc. biz.yahoo.com Wow, the article said Samsung fixed pricing by keeping production low. That is an extremely distrustful thing to do to ones customers. Maybe that's why the supply chain is screwed up again? Apparently Micron was included in this list - if so, why did Intel partner with them? Article unrelated to the above: ------------------------------------------- biz.yahoo.com Analysts say Samsung has been smart because it focused on specific hit products in shaping a global strategy, whereas Sony has sprawled into all kinds of businesses, including movies, music, video games and even banking. Also, Samsung has a more authoritative management style, allowing it to move more quickly, while at Sony, once famous for charimatic chief executives like Akio Morita, the decision-making process has become slower and more consensus-driven. (But) Competition from lesser-name Chinese brands are eroding prices, hitting Samsung as well as Sony.

To: Road Walker who wrote (182792)	12/1/2005 1:56:48 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 186894

Great article. Andy Grove basically implied doctors don't investigate, critically think, or pursue, but instead simply follow cookbook procedures they learned from medical school. Could you imagine if an engineer did that - they would be fired for not growing the industry. A lot of engineers were talking about how too many doctors can feel threatened by questions - as if they are questioning their judgment. Compare this to an engineer - they expect you to ask questions and explore their logic. Too many doctors don't. They consider analysis an insult to their intelligence. Very strange. That attitude doesn't permit the advancement of their industry in a fast enough way - so the medical industry can be a dead-weight on the economy. I really think doctors should be required to attend one year of engineering school to learn critical thinking (and how it's okay to apply it) before being allowed to attend medical school, so they learn how to think critically. Critical thinking and analysis, is not taught in medical school. They tend to purely "following directions", rather than analyze and think. This is bad. It's really rare to see a doctor be able to discuss things in terms of probabilities and possibilities of different routes (grey language) rather than black and white procedures. What's equally scary is when a patient knows more than a doctor - with the advent of the internet this happens all the time. Some doctors find the internet threatening, rather than permitting it to enable their patients to better health. It's wonderful to see Grove nail it on the head - doctors take a hammer and just keep pounding the same way. What the health care industry needs is a bunch of well-trained hightech engineers to clean their industry up, get the knowledge tools in place that permit critical thinking, influence an attitude change, and get it more efficient. The health care needs to get a move on it - so they don't become a deadweight on society/economy. The medical industry is really due for a change. It's strange that there are nearly 300 million people in the USA yet it seems like Grove is the only one that hit the problem on the head. On a side note, I actually think Walmart could do a better job at delivering health care treatment because it has efficient distribution channels, efficient practises, etc etc. I'm all for Walmart taking over distribution of all vaccines in this country - they would be more efficient than some HMO that's clueless about distribution channels. Walmart was certainly more efficient than FEMA, the governement's emergency program. I'd trust a competitive corporation like Walmart before an HMO or govt. Regards, Amy J